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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
7
The article notes rising US car production and value in 1910 with 275000 ownerships and 410 million dollars, while shortages in rubber and parts hamper growth. It discusses overproduction pressures, price declines, and the expanding auto industry, plus health and political notes on antitoxin use and public figures.
Washington dispatch prints a 263 page brief by Attorney General Wickersham and J C McReynolds to the Supreme Court on the American Tobacco Company case. The filing argues the trust harms competition, seeks broader injunctions including foreign firms, and accuses the group of duress and wicked practices to monopolize tobacco products and suppress rivals.
Mrs. Mary C. Tiernan files an attachment against husband John T. Tiernan, alleging habitual intoxication since their September 27 1882 marriage and cruelty as grounds for divorce. Custody of six children and alimony are planned. Tiernan’s Commerce Street property and other estate are specified at $30 000 total. Also noted is Joseph Clifford from Virginia, detained by police after becoming demented at a New Haven railroad station.
New Haven reports the State Reformatory commission has chosen a Cheshire site along the Milldale trolley line for a proposed 400000 dollar institution. The purchase price is about 25000 dollars for land including three farm buildings, with water supply from the New Haven Water Co. and a clay deposit to make bricks. The facility will house about 1000 inmates and is planned as eight miles from Meriden and Waterbury, and 14 miles from New Haven, aiming for operation before the next General Assembly.
The New Haven Automobile Club called off a planned talk by Highway Commissioner Macdonald on roads. Members said Macdonald wanted a statewide forum with many speakers and a large public hall, which the local club did not support. The smoker is rescheduled for January 26 after an initial January 6 date.
Ernest Carroll Moore, current Los Angeles school superintendent, elected to Yale University's newly established professorship of Education and to start next fall. Connecticut donors back the endowment with two gifts of 20 000 dollars each. aim to aid state teachers, superintendents, and improve educational conditions.
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